Turkey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Turkey at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Turkey at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TUR
NOC	Turkish National Olympic Committee
Website	olimpiyat.org.tr (in English and Turkish)
in Sydney
Flag bearer	Hamza Yerlikaya
Medals; Ranked 26th	Gold 3 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Turkey competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Hüseyin Özkan	Judo	Men's Half Lightweight (66 kg)
Gold	Halil Mutlu	Weightlifting	Men's Flyweight (56 kg)
Gold	Hamza Yerlikaya	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (85 kg)
Bronze	Hamide Bıkçın Tosun	Taekwondo	Women's (57 kg)
Bronze	Adem Bereket	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Welterweight (76 kg)

Results by event

Archery

In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Turkey again came within one victory of a medal. The women's team again made it to the semifinal before losing there. In the bronze medal match, they were defeated by Germany to eliminate them from medal contention.

Men's individual
	Hasan Orbay			Serdar Şatır			Özdemir Akbal
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Juan Carlos Manjarrez Godinez Mexico	165-153	Lost to	Sebastien Flute France	160-156	Lost to	Scott Hunter-Russell Australia	154-146
1/16 eliminations	Lost to	Yong-Ho Jang Korea	169-160	-	-	-	-	-	-

Women's individual
	Elif Altınkaynak			Zekiye Keskin Şatır			Natalia Nasaridze
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Jennifer Chan Philippines	160-143	Lost to	Nataliya Burdeyna Ukraine	166-157	Lost to	Kirstin Lewis South Africa	154-153
1/16 eliminations	Lost to	Alison Williamson Great Britain	157-154	-	-	-	-	-	-

Women's Team Competition:

Altankaynak, Keskin Şatır, Nasaridze – bronze medal match, 4th place (2-2)

Men's Team Competition:

Orbay, Satir, and Akbal – quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1)

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's Long Jump

Mesut Yavaş

Qualifying – 7.35 m (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

Ruhan Işım

Qualifying – DNS

Women's competition

Women's 1,500m

Süreyya Ayhan

Round 1 – 04:08.37
Semifinal – 04:09.42 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000m

Ebru Kavaklıoğlu

Round 1 – 15:49.15 (did not advance)

Women's Discus

Oksana Mert

Qualifying – 55.02 m (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Serap Aktaş

Final – 2:42:40 (37th place)

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramazan Ballıoğlu	Light flyweight	Velicu (ROU) L 8–20	Did not advance
Halil İbrahim Turan	Flyweight	Mesbahi (MAR) L 11–17	Did not advance
Agasi Agaguloglu	Bantamweight	Kangde (CHN) W 17–4	Cermeño (COL) W 11–3	Rigondeaux (CUB) L 5–14	Did not advance
Ramazan Palyani	Featherweight	Ali (PAK) W 5–4	Pereira (BRA) W (RSC)	Sattarkhanov (KAZ) L 11–12	Did not advance
Selim Palyani	Lightweight	Jebahi (FRA) W 14–5	Jackson (USA) W (WO)	Maletin (RUS) L (RSC)	Did not advance
Nurhan Süleymanoğlu	Light welterweight	Strange (CAN) W 9–3	Bykovsky (BLR) L 8–8	Did not advance
Bülent Ulusoy	Welterweight	Jin-seok (KOR) W 8–6	Craig (USA) W 9–4	Grușac (MDA) L 10–19	Did not advance
Fırat Karagöllü	Light middleweight	Roche (IRL) W 17–4	Esther (FRA) L 16–18	Did not advance
Akın Kuloğlu	Middleweight	Carrera (ARG) W (RSC)	Jeong-bin (KOR) W (RET)	Alakbarov (AZE) L 8–18	Did not advance

Legend: RSC – Referee stopped contest

Sailing

Men's Mistral

Ertuğrul İçingir

Race 1 – 26
Race 2 – (37) OCS
Race 3 – 24
Race 4 – 11
Race 5 – 15
Race 6 – 28
Race 7 – 29
Race 8 – 25
Race 9 – (37) OCS
Race 10 – 22
Race 11 – 37 DSQ
Final – 217 (31st place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

Ali Enver Adakan

Race 1 – 5
Race 2 – 7
Race 3 – (17)
Race 4 – 7
Race 5 – 9
Race 6 – (23)
Race 7 – 11
Race 8 – 3
Race 9 – 4
Race 10 – 7
Race 11 – 13
Final – 66 (8th place)

Women's Mistral

İlknur Akdoğan

Race 1 – (30) DNF
Race 2 – 27
Race 3 – (28)
Race 4 – 28
Race 5 – 26
Race 6 – 25
Race 7 – 28
Race 8 – 28
Race 9 – 27
Race 10 – 28
Race 11 – 24
Final – 241 (28th place)

Open Laser

Ali Kemal Tüfekçi

Race 2 – (40)
Race 3 – 33
Race 4 – (37)
Race 5 – 29
Race 6 – 28
Race 7 – 36
Race 8 – 30
Race 9 – 14
Race 10 – 24
Race 11 – 27
Final – 254 (34th place)

Swimming

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Aytekin Mindan

Preliminary Heat – 1:54.86 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Aytekin Mindan

Preliminary Heat – 04:01.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Hakan Kiper

Preliminary Heat – 01:07.46 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Derya Büyükuncu

Preliminary Heat – 56.21 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Orel Oral

Preliminary Heat – 02:09.51 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Ayse Diker

Preliminary Heat – 01:04.65 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

İlkay Dikmen

Preliminary Heat – 01:11.51 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

İlkay Dikmen

Preliminary Heat – 02:33.34 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Derya Erke

Preliminary Heat – 01:07.26 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Derya Erke

Preliminary Heat – 02:21.28 (did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Halil Mutlu	56 kg	130.0	135.0	138.0	160.0	167.5	~~170.0~~	305.5
Naim Süleymanoğlu	62 kg	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	–	–	–	DNF	–
Yasin Arslan	69 kg	130.0	135.0	~~137.5~~	160.0	165.0	~~170.0~~	300.0	14
Mehmet Yılmaz	77 kg	~~155.0~~	155.0	160.0	180.0	187.5	~~192.5~~	347.5	10
Ayhan Çiçek	77 kg	140.0	145.0	~~150.0~~	175.0	180.0	~~185.0~~	325.0	13
Bünyamin Sudaş	94 kg	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	177.5	215.0	~~220.0~~	~~220.0~~	392.5	7
Abdulaziz Alpak	105 kg	165.0	175.0	~~180.0~~	~~210.0~~	~~210.0~~	~~210.0~~	DNF	–

Wrestling

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harun Doğan	58 kg	Cuciuc (MDA) L 2–6	Zakhartdinov (UZB) L 0–3	Ramazanov (RUS) L WO	4	did not advance			15
Yüksel Şanlı	69 kg	Oziti (NGR) W 6–0	McIlravy (USA) L 3–6	—	2	did not advance			9
Adem Bereket	76 kg	Mchedlidze (GEO) W 3–0	Ritter (HUN) W 3–2	—	1 Q	Khinchagov (UZB) W 5–2	Slay (USA) L 1–3	Eui-jae (KOR) L 0–3^F
Ali Özen	85 kg	Khadartsev (UZB) L 0–3	Hyung-mo (KOR) L 2–5	—	3	did not advance			18
Ahmet Doğu	97 kg	Heidari (IRI) L 1–6	Scherrer (SUI) L 3–4	—	3	did not advance			16
Aydın Polatçı	130 kg	Gombos (HUN) W 3–0	Taymazov (UZB) L 0–3	—	2	did not advance			11

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ercan Yıldız	54 kg	Rivas (CUB) L 0–10	Pellew (NZL) W 16–0	Eyvazov (AZE) L 0–3	3	did not advance			11
Şeref Eroğlu	63 kg	Samurgashev (RUS) L 2–5	Zawadzki (POL) W WO	—	2	did not advance			10
Nazmi Avluca	76 kg	Bichinashvili (AZE) W 3–0	Jin-soo (KOR) L 1–3	—	2	did not advance			13
Hamza Yerlikaya	85 kg	Asell (FIN) W 3–0	Zander (GER) W 5–1	—	1 Q	Méndez (CUB) W 3–0	Vakhtangadze (GEO) W 3–0	Bárdosi (HUN) W 3–3
Hakkı Başar	97 kg	Chkhaidze (GEO) L 2–4	Wroński (POL) L 1–7	—	3	did not advance			16
Fatih Bakır	130 kg	Evseichik (ISR) L 0–3	Sitnik (POL) W 1–0	Vála (CZE) W 3–0	2	did not advance			8

References

^ "Hamza Yerlikaya". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

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International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
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